Welcome one and all to the fifth installment of the Alpha & Omega story: The Northern Pup. We all know what happened in the last chapter (which ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger), so let's get chapter rolling.
In the den of the alpha leaders of the western pack were three sleeping pups. Although, one of them was having trouble staying asleep. Out of the three of them, the one who couldn't sleep was Humphrey. The reason for that was because he kept thinking about the recently regained memory he had the other day, the one were he saw the pup that looked like him.
"Mmm…" Humphrey groaned as he opened his eyes. Upon wakening he caught a good view of a certain white wolf's rump, it being in his face and all. However, he paid no attention to it and walked of den to sit near the edge of the cliff.
It was the crack of dawn as he stared into the horizon, looking at the upcoming sun which was soon to arise. That memory… It just kept playing again and again in his head. He had questions that still need to be answered.
"Who am I? Why is this only memory that I have? What pack did I come from? And most of all… who is this guy that looks like me?" Humphrey muttered to himself quietly under his breath, having a serious expression on his face.
"Humphrey…?" He heard a voice calling him. He looked over his shoulder to see Lilly at the entrance of the den.
"Lilly? What are you doing up so early?" He asked his omega friend.
"I could ask you the same thing" She said back as she walked up next to him sat down. "You seem troubled, what's wrong?" she gave a look of concern.
"Nothing. Unless you count the fact that I haven't gained anymore of my memories" he looked down at ground.
"Hey, don't let it get to you… it's not that bad" She said, placing a reassuring paw.
"Not that bad?! The memory I have of my past is some pup who may possibly be my twin that I don't even remember. How is that not bad?" Humphrey said back with a raised eyebrow.
"Because…" Lilly placed her right paw on his left one. "Even though you don't remember who you are, what matters is what's in your future. Not your past." she told him, giving advice.
"Did you get that from your dad?"
"No, it's just common sense" she said. Lilly may have been a pup, but she was a smart pup. And she may have been an omega, but she was an omega with a bit of wisdom, despite her age.
Humphrey smiled lightly. "Thanks, Lilly" he gratefully said.
"Anytime" she nuzzled her face against his. "So, want to hangout at later at the mud puddle?"
"Sure, I could use some fun" he said agreeing with a grin and shrug.
"Good. It's a date" she half jokingly said, and then licked him on the cheek. "Now come back in and get some sleep" she told him.
Humphrey looked back as she walked back into the den, watching her tail sway back and forth. He sat there silently for a moment. "Uh, yeah… I'll do that" he said awkwardly as he walked back in the den to catch up on his sleep.
-The Northern Pack-
The leaders of the northern pack were asleep in their den. The alpha female, Elise, was asleep next to her partner, Cole. She wanted to sleep a little more, but she felt her mouth was a little dry. She stood up and stretched out her back to wake up her body, letting out a yawn in the process.
She was about to walk out of the den to go to a nearby lake or stream, when she realized something was off about the den. Looking all over the cave, she noticed that a certain pup was missing.
"Lance" she lightly gasped. She walked up to Cole. "Cole!" she nudged her mate lightly with her nose. "Cole, wake up" She continued to nudge him repeatedly.
The alpha male groaned. "What's wrong?" he asked as he slowly woke up.
"It's Lance, he's gone!" Elise said with utmost concern.
"What?!" Cole looked around, seeing his eldest son wasn't around. "Where'd he go?"
"He must've snuck out in the middle of the night! I think he went to go find Artimus" Elise informed him, worried for her son.
"He really cares about his little brother. That's very courageous of him, yet at the same time, also very dangerous" He said. "If he left in the middle of the night, then he couldn't have gotten that far"
"We already lost Artimus; we can't lose Lance as well. Let's go!"
"I think we should send a search party to…" Cole was cut of midsentence by his wife growling at him, a fierce glare in her eyes. "Ok honey, we'll go find him ourselves" he quickly said in a tone of slight fear of his mate.
Elise expression lightened and licked his cheek. "Thank you, honey" she nuzzled his face with hers, and then began walk out. Man, Elise was sweet most of the time, but when it came to her kids' safety, she was downright scary. Seriously, it looked like she had fire in her eyes when she growled at him.
"If Lance went to go find Artimus, then just might be a chance that he could still be alive… but where?" Cole thought to himself.
"Are you coming, or do I have to go find our son myself?" Elise half jokingly said as she poked her head in the den.
"Uh, coming" he walked out of the den with his mate and secretly left with her to go find their eldest son and, if possible, their youngest as well.
-With Lance-
"Ok, I've made it this far" he said. He had smelled the sent of his brother's blood and he was tracking him down. Despite leaving in the middle of the night, Lance had already made it halfway out of northern pack territory.
Once he made it further out the territory, he ran into a little problem.
"That's not good. I can't smell his scent anymore" He said to himself. "Great. Now what am I supposed to do?" He looked of to the side. He sat down and looked at the bottom of his right paw, at his sun shaped birthmark. He then pressed his paws against each other and a chill ran up his spine.
He pulled his paws away from each other and looked at his right paw. He had a look of surprise when he saw what was going on. What he saw was his birthmark shimmering in a golden light, which soon dissipated seconds later. He gave a quizzical stare.
"That was weird" He said to himself. "And yet, for some reason… I can't help feel like I know where I'm going…" he added. Lance shook his head to clear his thoughts, and then continued to walk in the direction that he was headed. "I know where I'm headed now. To the western pack" he thought to himself.
-Western pack-
Humphrey was near a mud puddle, sitting near it as he waited for a certain white wolf pup to show up. However, it was at that moment that he felt a chill run up his spine. He raised his right paw and looked at the bottom of it. He saw that the crescent mark on his paw was shimmering in a sky blue light, which faded seconds later.
"What the…?" he whispered under his breath as he confusedly looked at his paw.
"Hey, Humphrey" he heard a voice and quickly put his paw down. He turned his head to see the omega daughter of Winston.
"Oh, uh, hey Lilly" He greeted her as she walked up to him. "So, ready for our date?" Humphrey joked with a playful smirked.
"Shut up" she playfully shoved him with a chuckle. Humphrey smirked with a cocked eyebrow. He then jumped into the mud puddle with a bit of a splash. Some of it got on Lilly's fur, landing on the side of her cheek and rump.
"What are you waiting for?" Humphrey asked Lilly with a smirk.
A few seconds passed before she said, "Nothing. Wolf pile!" Lilly leaped into the air and landed in the mud, falling on top of Humphrey as she made a splash of her own. She then leaned in close and licked Humphrey on the cheek.
"What's with you and kissing me today?" Humphrey asked, and eyebrow rose as he questioned the wolf on top of him.
"Yeah, Lilly, what's with all the kisses?" They heard a voice which made them turn their heads. They soon saw Lilly's sister, Kate, approaching them.
"Kate" Lilly got off of Humphrey. "How did you know we were here?" she asked her older sister.
"I overheard you two talking earlier about spending the day at the mud puddle, so I thought I'd come join you" Kate told her, stepping into the mud instead of jumping in.
"Wait a second, aren't you an alpha?" Humphrey raised an eyebrow.
"Well, yeah, but I don't have to do anything alpha related for a really long time" she explained to him. "And I could probably ask the same of you. For all we know, you could be an alpha too or even a beta" she added.
"But we don't know what rank I am, so it doesn't matter at the moment what I do. At least until I get my memories back" he said with a smirk. Lilly smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, nuzzling his neck in the process. Kate saw this and did the same.
Humphrey on the other hand, was practically blushing with both embarrassment and enjoyment. Was it him or did these two girls like him as more than usual?
Despite how nice it felt to have to females cuddle up to him, he couldn't help but think about what happened several moments ago. Before Lilly had arrived at the mud puddle.
"That mark on my paw…" he thought to himself. "Just before Lilly showed up, it was glowing. And then I felt a chill run up my spine. What was that all about? Does it have something to do with my memories? If it does, does it have anything to do with that pup that looks like me?" Humphrey asked multiple questions in his head.
"Hey Humphrey, what're you thinking about?" Lilly asked. Humphrey snapped out of his thoughts with a shake of his head.
"Uh, nothing, just… thinking of a something fun that I just made up" He lied.
"Really? What do you do?" Kate asked, curious. Humphrey thought for a moment.
"Easy. Grab a half of a log and meet me at the top of the hill in the forest by the waterfall" He told them as he got out of the mud. The moment Humphrey left; the two sisters gave each other confused stares. Just what exactly was Humphrey planning?
That's the end of that Chapter. Sorry this was super short and couldn't be out sooner, but this was the best that I could do for this chapter.
I'll try my best to make future chapters longer… possibly.